michael brown who helped bring us the largest domestic human rights outrage of the modern era, the katrina response, said this week, the lesson of hurricane sandy is that people need to chill, something we intend to pass along to these homeowners as soon as the embers from their homes have thoroughly cooled. and finally, about new jersey governor chris christie. he has been tactile and getting high marks for managing this crisis so far. and if you don't think this is personal for him, listen to his partial list of his favorite places that were lost on the seaside boardwalk, a summer staple for a lot of us. >> the roller coaster is in the ocean. the boardwalk is gone. it is literally gone. the big sausage and pepper stands in the middle is gone. >> reporter: after all this loss you might be curious as to why rush limbaugh went after governor christie today. it was because he's getting along so well with the president, working together, saying nice things about barack obama, just when we feared the storm wiped away everything, we learned politics survived. proof that life goes on. and by the